Dave Patterson vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Dave Patterson
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mel Queen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.26 and 1.698 for Dave Patterson. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Patterson and Mel Queen

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
10.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
5.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.057
1.057
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
40.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.42
40.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Dave Patterson and Mel Queen

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Patterson and Mel Queen

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
2466.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-21.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67